This website documents the role of the various versions of the
E/R/W/B-66B/C/D
Aircrafts and commemorates the men and woman
who flew or supported the
B-66 program between 1952 to 1976.
Primary emphasis is on EB-66 Electronic
CounterMeasures (ECM) and E/RB-66
missions conducted over
North Vietnam in the "invisible war" that was fought
during the Southeast Asia conflict from 1965 to early 1974.
Major Vietnam War U.S. bombing
campaigns supported by EB-66
units included:
Rolling Thunder
and Linebacker.
Historians have described the North Vietnam air defense
environment as the
most sophisticated
enemy defense system the United States
has ever flown against.
The major threats to U.S. aircrews
was a combination of
Soviet
anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) systems, airborne intercept (AI)
fighter
aircraft MIG- 17s and MIG-21s, and SA-2, surface-to-air
missiles (SAM) systems.
This
website contains over 1,400 names, photos and interesting
anecdotes about
E/R/B-66 operations and associated activities.
For example:
 On 25 February 1966, a surface-to-air missile (SAM) struck
and crippled RB-66C
serial 54-0457 'Gull One' . The engagement occurred 10-miles northwest of Vihn,
North Vietnam,
while heading 270 degrees at 28,000 feet. A 11-page article written
by Norman Malayney was published in American Aviation Historical Society Journal.
LtCol Gene Hambleton (
BAT 21Bravo ) was
the navigator and lone survivor of
an EB-66C shot down by a
North Vietnamese SA-2 surface to air missile (SAM).
His 12-day
rescue was one of the most bizarre rescues of the Vietnam War.
A movie has been made and a book has been written
about this daring rescue.
The EB-66C (Newark 01)
pilot’s description of a dogfight between
two F-4Cs and three MIGs that saved an EB-66 aircraft and its crew.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
There are several LARGE images on this site that
you may not be able to display on your computer!
Total B-66 aircrew casualties during the 24 years the B-66 was operational is 79,
including the 8-year Southeast Asia conflict where 12 were killed in action (KIA),
one
missing in action (MIA) and 15 POWs released at the end of the conflict. The information
published on this site was provided by former B-66 personnel, AF Personnel Office,
military buddies, family members, friends
and associates who knew the people involved.
B-66 Casualties 
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Table of Contents
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B-66 Association
Announcements Reunion
Summary-Reports |
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B-66 Destroyer Memorial located at the AF Museum in
Dayton, Ohio |
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Looking
for authors to write about the B-66 or related stories
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1952: The
birth of the RB-66A and follow-on models |
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Interesting B-66 Articles &
Anecdotes Gull One Shoot
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Poem
by Geo. Thatcher - "A Sixty-Six Puke and Damn Proud of it!
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History
of the RB-66A Beginning in 1951 |
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B-66 Experiments (JATO & Laminar Flow Control) |
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Evolution of Tactical EW and the
B-66 B-66 In the USAF National Museum |
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History of Tactical Electronic Warfare |
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Squadron B-66 Personnel Biographies |
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Little Known B-66 Operations
Descriptions of various B-66
versions |
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RB-66C (54-467) Airborne Command Post &
Communications Relay Station |
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RB-66C
Record-breaking flight - 1957 RB-66C
Support to Cuban Crisis |
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EB-66 Data and
General Information B-66 Aircraft
Cross-Section Diagrams |
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B-66 Production, Attrition and
Losses
Air Weather Service WB-66D Website |
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EB-66
Photos.
.Links to Aerospace
Museums |
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EB-66 Unit Patches and
Unit Histories Together We Served in the USAF |
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Anecdotes -
B66ers Share Their Stories |
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Air Weather WB-66 Website Initial Deployment of E/R/B-66
aircraft & crews to SEA ('65) |
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Aircrew Group Photos .
.Photos of Individuals at
Takhli |
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Toul Rosieres AB
Photos Royal Flush X 1964 Photos
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Shaw
AFB Crew Photos 1950s .and 1960s B-66 Displays |
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Map of Royal
Thai Air Force Bases Maps of
Air Bases in Thailand |
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Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
Websites |
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Photos of
Takhli RTAFB . .Takhli Hootches
Takhli
Memory Joggers |
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RB-66 Shotdown over
East Germany in 1964
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Links to B-66,
Fatalities, POWs, MIAs and Other Related
Websites |
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B-66 Front-End Crew Roster
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B-66 Back-End Crew Roster
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B-66 Support Personnel Roster
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B-66 General Officers Roster
POW/MIA Research Information
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B-66 Personnel Biographies
Report of Crash of EB-66E
#54-0529 |
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A Raven Goes to War... Seven
Years of Vietnam |
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B-66 Operations
Fatalities Swamp
Fox Deployments to Chelveston RAF |
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Obituaries of Deceased B-66 Personnel
EB-66 and RB-66
Losses
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Crew members with the most B-66 flying hours
EB-66 Folks at Korat
Thailand |
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EB-66 Personnel Group Photos - Shaw AFB,
SC EB-66 Folks at Takhli,
Thailand |
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Reconnaissance Aircraft in Southeast Asia
Conflict |
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Attack on America - Information (aka Network) Warfare
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Tributes to B-66 Veterans
B-66 Models and related
items |
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Online B-66 Research Resources,
Studies, Records, etc. |
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.EB-66B
Leading F-105s and F-4s on Pathfinder Missions |
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Unique Accomplishments of
B-66 Personnel
B-66 Personnel Biographies
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WB-66D Test Bed for Laminar
Flow Control Project
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"Battle of the
Beams" - The New Case for Electronic Warfare
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Three B-66B Bomber
Squadrons - Sculthorpe, England, 1968 - 1962 |
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US Air Force Memorial,
Washington, DC - 2006 |
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Bibliography of E/R/W/B-66 and
Tactical EW documents |
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AGENT ORANGE Information & Claims
Assistance |
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Letter to the National Air and Space Museum Re:
EB-66 display |
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Two awards for which B-66ers may be eligible
B-66 Link Exchange Sites
& More |
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Conservative Publications, Military
Terms and Definitions |
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EB-66B/C/E,
RB-66B, WB-66D Flight Manual
Attack on America Videos.. ..A Tribute to
President Geo. W. Bush |
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Author's
Auto-Biography. ..Abbreviated EB-66
Biography |
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Author's pictorial
history. .. Author's family photos
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Webmaster's Most Memorable Experiences in Japan
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